![]() ![]() Why bother with local dialects if everybody in Iraq has watched Egyptian dramas and understands that dialect?Īlso, why don’t they use local translators from one ethnicity to interview people of another ethnicity? Don’t American occupation authorities trust the Kurds? And shouldn’t they by and large trust the Shia when interrogating Sunnis, seeing that the Shia would hate the Sunni Al Qaeda and similar a lot more than they hate Americans? Why do you have to be physically on the streets of Baghdad in order to translate for the military? Why can’t the soldiers carry around an internet-connected laptop that would connect their informants to you, either through voice chat or through regular text chat, while you sit either in America or in a secure Green Zone location? Why? Who wants to spend their 20s in a hellhole where everyone hates you? $145k is pretty tempting money, but you are essentially putting your entire life on hold to do something that has few if any intrinsic rewards (it’s not even great career experience- what happens to your career when Arabic speakers are no longer in demand?) How much would you accept to have lost a couple of your prime years? Moments after his new US passport arrived, he got a mysterious phone call from the US Gov. He later moved to the US and applied for US Citizenship. He’s from a totally unrelated country, and studied Arabic abroad on a whim. I have a friend who was contacted for such a position. A lot of these jobs are open to US Citizens only, and it can be really tough when you have ongoing contact with foreign nationals, especially from countries the US isn’t great buddies with. Or (more likely) it’d be too difficult for them to get the security clearances. ![]() I realize that a US military base in Iraq is not a dream place to live (then again, why can’t they work remotely over the internet?), but isn’t there something fundamentally wrong about paying so much money for fluent Arabic plus US citizen combination, all the more so in the ongoing down economy? Just how does this contractor industry work if that is the sort of salaries they find it necessary to pay? Why doesn’t the invisible hand of Adam Smith lead a massive rush of new entrants into this business offering cheaper services and saving Uncle Sam (and us the lowly taxpayers) some empire-building cash? We offer a very competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.įor more details call (edited out) * Location: Iraq You will be working as a civilian contractor living on a U.S. This is a great opportunity to use your language skills to help the U.S. The basic requirement is that you speak, read and write Arabic and English fluently. Citizens to fill several positions for Arabic translators overseas in Iraq. ![]()
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